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CLEVELAND (WJW) — Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team shows firefighters facing hard questions about safety hazards in a Warehouse District bar where a young woman fell and suffered permanent injuries.
It’s widely known that warehouses are one of the most injury-prone working environments. Warehouse workers are more than twice as likely to experience an injury compared to the national average.
On July 13, 2023, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced the launch of a three-year National Emphasis Program meant to prevent workplace hazards in ...
There are technologies available today that simply didn’t exist, even just a few short years ago. For instance, a growing number of operator assist technologies can help operators prioritize safety ...
A US Senate committee is investigating Amazon’s warehouse safety practices. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Amazon ...
The warehouse safety bill that stemmed from the deadly Edwardsville tornado in 2021 is now officially on the books. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed the Warehouse Safety Tornado Preparedness ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover robotics in manufacturing. Each year around the start of December, Amazon AMZN rushes to bring in extra warehouse workers.
New York’s warehouse workers face higher injury rates than employees in any other sector. In recent years, they’ve been hurt more often and more severely than before, according to new federal data.